dennisvanleene

I have one of those, had to buy it full price. I am no fan, seems to deplete my HP battery capacity and spare capacity at a fast rate, so I stopped using it and replaced the battery's. No more problems now, same laptop still. I have it laying around now. Taking up space...

ambergreen

I bought it for about $75. We use it on a laptop that has 0 battery capacity at all, so don't know how it works there.

The biggest complaint is that it is not smart enough to turn on when I turn the computer on...so once the laptop starts up, it basically shuts down again because there's no power. Other than that, it works to supply power.

It does make a weird clicky zzzt type noise when it's on and 'charging'.

parshooter220

jmackinac

Well then, while we're waiting for the remaining 97% of these to be sold to people who don't read this message board prior to buying, does anyone have any suggestions on what would work well for (say) an air traveler who needs a device to charge his laptop or tablet while on (say) a 6 hour flight and his battery no matter how new won't work beyond 4-5 hours. I have the little duracell chargers for phones, but what about a device like this woot-off that actually works.

mnementhdragon

jmackinac wrote:Well then, while we're waiting for the remaining 97% of these to be sold to people who don't read this message board prior to buying, does anyone have any suggestions on what would work well for (say) an air traveler who needs a device to charge his laptop or tablet while on (say) a 6 hour flight and his battery no matter how new won't work beyond 4-5 hours. I have the little duracell chargers for phones, but what about a device like this woot-off that actually works.

Probably not what you're looking for, but I always "borrow" an extra battery from IT before a trip. Sometimes I even remember to give it back before they discover it's missing.

DonKudler

jmackinac wrote:Well then, while we're waiting for the remaining 97% of these to be sold to people who don't read this message board prior to buying, does anyone have any suggestions on what would work well for (say) an air traveler who needs a device to charge his laptop or tablet while on (say) a 6 hour flight and his battery no matter how new won't work beyond 4-5 hours. I have the little duracell chargers for phones, but what about a device like this woot-off that actually works.

colleenkulesza

I have had one of these for more than a year and LOVE IT! I am not sure where all the hate is coming from. It charges my computer wonderfully and then turns off so i am not sucking energy all the time. It also has an extra USB port so I can charge my ipod, zune, phone, etc without using one in my laptop. I think it is great. Use it every single day. No hate from me

jmackinac

mnementhdragon wrote:Probably not what you're looking for, but I always "borrow" an extra battery from IT before a trip. Sometimes I even remember to give it back before they discover it's missing.

Not a bad idea, but I'm a gadget guy, so I'm trying to be cleaver. Besides, a charger of similar specs that actually works can charge a multitude of devices....can't charge all those other things off my spare laptop battery.

JenLynnGermain

colleenkulesza wrote:I have had one of these for more than a year and LOVE IT! I am not sure where all the hate is coming from. It charges my computer wonderfully and then turns off so i am not sucking energy all the time. It also has an extra USB port so I can charge my ipod, zune, phone, etc without using one in my laptop. I think it is great. Use it every single day. No hate from me

lazloH

as a local repair man.. I am in for one. I always have end users that forget to give me their power cables (even though I ask for it). I also often get trade ins of laptops that are sans power supplies and I need to test prior to selling (or wipe data). Seems useful... @ 20 bucks I will give it a try.

rsn2bhappy

colleenkulesza wrote:I have had one of these for more than a year and LOVE IT! I am not sure where all the hate is coming from. It charges my computer wonderfully and then turns off so i am not sucking energy all the time. It also has an extra USB port so I can charge my ipod, zune, phone, etc without using one in my laptop. I think it is great. Use it every single day. No hate from me

nicoledunnington

dennisvanleene wrote:Yes you can, but do you want to carry this around to charge your phone instead of the little apple provided usb/plug-thingy?

What I'm thinking about is for when I go down to Seattle for Comicon for 6+ hour shifts all three days it would be nice to have something I don't have to plug into the wall so I could have my phone charging in my backpack or something as there won't be many outlets for me to use.

jmh9072

jmackinac wrote:You are not the first person to bring this up today, but I still don't know what you guys are talking about...the price is right on the homepage next to the item.

Typically the first post on each discussion thread for an item is by a user (bot) named "wootalyzer". It lists the item's name as well as the price and cost for shipping so we can compare future woots to the price today.

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